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they win tonight and they tie the rangers for the american league west. the division crown then would be determined tomorrow afternoon. if they don't win the division, right now, they are a half game behind baltimore for the top wild card spot. the winner of the wild card with the best record will host the one game play-off on friday. now, for just a few hours last night, the as could care less about where they were in the standings. a most improbable victory, many thought it would never happen back in april. never . >> it's been a story book season of the it's hard to explain. if someone would have told me in april we were going to be doing this on the first of october, i would think they were on something. >> whoo! >> here we are sitting on october 1st, the as have used 19 rookies this season. yes, they are a three-game sweep away from being a.l. west champions. >> it's a great time. >> makes it tough to get a late delay request but it's the nature of the business. ♪ [ music ] >> game one of the three-game series after 4 1/2, it's the as and rangers i
they win tonight and they tie the rangers for the american league west. the division crown then would be determined tomorrow afternoon. if they don't win the division, right now, they are a half game behind baltimore for the top wild card spot. the winner of the wild card with the best record will host the one game play-off on friday. now, for just a few hours last night, the as could care less about where they were in the standings. a most improbable victory, many thought it would never happen...
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on the bottom is the rangers two-game lead over oakland in the american league west. the a's would have to sweep texas in order to win it. manager melvin was asked yesterday about his score-board watching habits. >> that doubleheader, just for preparation toward the next few days or... >> probably not. i know those teams. who won the ryder cup? that's what i was watching earlier. did we win the ryder cup? >> no. >> come on! >> reporter: that is one awfully relaxed the manager as the europeans won the ryder cup. it has been a storied season for these oakland athletics, especially for the third baseman. >> i could probably do the same thing a million times. it would probably never happen again. >> this is the last time we saw scott sizemore. a freak acl injury thrust josh donaldson into josh's starting lineup. >> i got this in first grade. it was called the dream of a major league baseball player, one of those customized book things. now i can actually say i have been a major league baseball player. the goal now is just to say. >> and that baby is good! >> reporter: whe
on the bottom is the rangers two-game lead over oakland in the american league west. the a's would have to sweep texas in order to win it. manager melvin was asked yesterday about his score-board watching habits. >> that doubleheader, just for preparation toward the next few days or... >> probably not. i know those teams. who won the ryder cup? that's what i was watching earlier. did we win the ryder cup? >> no. >> come on! >> reporter: that is one awfully relaxed...
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the fall for behind the rangers. but the angels lost today so oakland maintains a two game lead in that wild-card standings to get into the playoffs. since he is recovering from shoulder surgery, dallas braden has not done much on the field but he is doing plenty off of it. his appearance at a stockton town hall has gone viral thanks to this story from steve large. >> we're not going to have individuals shout out, for fairness for the rest of the crowd. >> deep in the crowd, sporting a backward baseball cap, his pointed shouting match with the police chief almost had him thrown out. but the a's pitcher continued his outrage after this anti violence rally and he made it clear who he is. >> is there in 21 to make with achieve? >> absolutely. my name is dallas braden. >> he says that he no longer feel safe in stockton with the murder rate on a record-setting pace. >> bankers for the fear of the community. we cannot do anything. if i could walk into a museum with the police chief and officers and i walked in there with a
the fall for behind the rangers. but the angels lost today so oakland maintains a two game lead in that wild-card standings to get into the playoffs. since he is recovering from shoulder surgery, dallas braden has not done much on the field but he is doing plenty off of it. his appearance at a stockton town hall has gone viral thanks to this story from steve large. >> we're not going to have individuals shout out, for fairness for the rest of the crowd. >> deep in the crowd,...
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unless you love the rangers. i don't think we can see this moment enough. today bob melvin announced he will start rookie pitchers jarrod parker and tommy malone in games one and two with a combined 26-18 record this season. parker will be the first oakland as rookie pitcher to start the first game of a post- season. >> we have done it together and we kind of knew we had to pick the other guys off. we got brett back was a huge pickup and he went down bartolo's situation and, you know, mac going down. we kind of came together and, you know, we knew we had to pick up a good majority of the workload. we kind of have done it. >>> cardinals and braves, matt holliday back away forget about it 6th inning, 4-2 st. louis. but you know what? here's the game. 8th inning two on, one out, here's a pop-up. left field. and it's off. so instead of two on you think well the bases are loaded for the braves. trying to catch up. but no, no. the infield fly rule is called. and the batter is out and the cascade of -- whatever you want to call it from the stands -- came on down t
unless you love the rangers. i don't think we can see this moment enough. today bob melvin announced he will start rookie pitchers jarrod parker and tommy malone in games one and two with a combined 26-18 record this season. parker will be the first oakland as rookie pitcher to start the first game of a post- season. >> we have done it together and we kind of knew we had to pick the other guys off. we got brett back was a huge pickup and he went down bartolo's situation and, you know, mac...